Is it incurable indeed? I thought it was gone until I moved to Galveston close to MD Anderson's facilities. They seem to think mantle cell lymphoma is not curable. I have lived for 20 years after being diagnosed with MCL. My only consistent side effect is anemia from low red blood counts and occasionally from low platelets. My original hematologist retired and I have finally found another one here in the local area who wants to do a bone marrow biopsy. Not anxious to do that, but we will see